Armand Traore

[Özim]

Would messieurs Song, Gibbs, Waclott, Ramnsey, Bendtner, Djuorru and Fabregas not be considered as products of our youth system?

I always thought we had an abnormally high number of players in the senior team who where brought here before 21. Depends on how you slice this hair I suppose.

Sure, we all (I think) agree that not enough experienced players are retained/purchased but to suggest that the youth system is failing the club is a little silly.

Selling Bendtner and Denilson alone for 18mill combined I think more than compensates us for wages and resources spent on them whilst they where here.

Only if you consider players like Rooney and Ronaldo products of Man Utd's youth policy.

I personally don't, those two have improved, but generally footballers will when they have a lot of talent and are surrounded by other quality players. Rooney was initially discovered and developed by Everton and Ronaldo by Sporting.

I never said it was failing, just that it's not actually anything our of the ordinary.